Category: Apparel Business Management

If you’re like me, when an embroidery machine or one of the heads goes down, it gives you a bit of anxiety. Not only does it halt or slow production, but it takes time to repair, possibly a technician needs to be called and parts can be very expensive. I’ve always tried repairing machines myself, and …

When you get your finished embroidery file, it should sew nice and clean the first time! Just like this – because we’ve already sewn and tweaked the design! There are times when an embroidery file does not sew perfect the first time. Factors can include the type of fabric the file was digitized for. Examples: …

What to charge your customers for embroidery digitizing? Below are the four methods of retail embroidery digitizing pricing. We’ll review the pros and cons to each pricing method. FREE Subsidized Cost Full price (marked up) Below are some things to consider when trying to determine what to charge for embroidery digitizing! FREE: Should you …

Making the best use of slow production! Do you have slow or down time? Most embroidery and screen print companies that have been around a few years have learned to realize what times of the year are slower. Smart sales people plan for these down times with specific things they can do to reach out …

From the title of this post, you might think I’m just trying to sell you something! Sure, my argument in this post supports outsourcing your embroidery digitizing, but as you’ll read, this advice will actually help you grow your business more than you realize. Learning to digitize or having an employee that can digitize is …